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Whenever your Church is fit for Service, I shou’d be willing, if agreeable to you to preach attimes, till you please to receive a Clergyman , as that is the only Method I have of shewing myGratitude for the Favors you have conferred, on him who is with great Respect.

Sir, Your most obedient Servant,

Schenectady , 5 th November 1771. Wm. Andrews.

The Hon ble Sir W m Johnson Bar 1 .

SIR WM. JOHNSON TO THE REVD MR. ANDREWS.

Johnson hall Nov r 18 th 1771.

Sir, I have had the favor of yours informing me of your having opened a Grammar School, andof your resolution since to form it into an Academy, of all which I cannot but approve from theJust opinion I entertain of your abilities for & attention to the duties of such an Undertaking. Youmay therefore be assured, of such encouragement & recommendation as it is in my power to afford you.

I am really concerned at your disappointment of the additional £10 per annum, being thoroughlypersuaded of the reasonableness of what you say concerning your present situation which I wish itwas in my power to improve, by anything I can say in your behalf, and with that View shallmention your case in my next Letters to the Society, tho’ I am sensible that their funds, are muchreduced by the late necessary Establishm 1 .

It is my sincere wish that your present useful undertaking may alleviate those disagreable cir-cumstances which you have described, and become more suitable to your Merit than the modera-tion of your Wishes which are an additional recommendation to your Character.

I am much obliged by your offer of preaching at Johnstown occasionally, till that Mission issupplied, which I should by no means decline If It could be done Consistent with your Engagementsin Schenectady , as I shall allways be glad to see you, and to demonstrate that I am with regard,

Your hearty Well Wisher

The Rev d M r W m Andrews. & most humble Servt,

SIR WM. JOHNSON TO REVD. CHARLES INGLIS .

Johnson Hall Jam' 27 th 1772.

Good Sir I have been lately favored with your Letter of the 4 tb Inst on the subject of whichI wish it was in my power to afford you satisfaction, For it would give me pleasure to be the Instrument in procuring suitable relief for a Lady of the Character & merit you describe, and especiallyone who is Connected with you.

There is such a fund in Ireland as you describe which as I have allways understood was usedChiefly for the support of Ladies whose Husbands or near Connections had served the state, and atthe disposal of the Lord Lieutenant; whether M rs Ellis is within the predicament I have mentioned,or not, I suppose that with proper Interest she might be placed on the List, but really I am unluckilya most unfit person to make such application, for a residence of above 30 years in America together with the nature of my office which directs my Correspondence to England has deprivedme of all my old acquaintances In Ireland who could be of any service, & for many years Limited